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BDC II Newsletter May 2014
Month BDC Fund II* HFRI EHI S&P 500 TR Dow Jones
FYE - 2009 4.37% 2.92% 6.04% 7.37%
FYE - 2010 73.04% 10.45% 15.06% 11.02%
FYE - 2011 -46.38% -8.38% 2.11% 5.53%
FYE - 2012 28.21% 7.41% 16.00% 7.26%
FYE - 2013 13.20% 14.33% 32.39% 26.50%
January - 2014 2.30% -0.99% -3.46% -5.30%
February - 2014 4.21% 2.85% 4.57% 3.97%
March - 2014 -2.63% -0.24% 0.84% 0.83%
April - 2014 -4.10% -0.84% 0.74% 0.75%
May 0.33% 1.37% 2.35% 0.82%
Year to Date -0.13% 1.71% 4.97% 0.85%
Inception to Date* 40.36% 30.03% 100.84% 72.13%
1/1/12 - Date** 35.37% 24.84% 61.20% 36.83%
* Fund's inception was October 1, 2009. Performance shown is net of all fees & expenses including management & performance fees. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of
future performance. This material does not constitute an offer to sell (nor the solicitation of an offer to buy) interests in BDC Fund II, LP (the "Fund"). Offering is made by Private
Placement Memorandum from a Principal only. The indices included above are presented only to provide a general indication of U.S. Stock market performance for the periods
indicated and not as a standard of comparison because they are unmanaged, broadly based indices.
**Represents investor with initial contribution of 1/1/12. (After revised investment strategy.)
May 2014 RESULTS
The Fund was up +0.33% in May, breaking a two-month
losing streak. However, all the other indices we compare
ourselves to were up even more, with the S&P 500
registering a strong month at +2.35%. The Hedge Fund
index was up +1.37% (also following two negative months)
and the Dow Jones was up 0.82%. On a Year-To-Date
basis, the Fund was slightly under water at -0.13%, given
the two negative months of April and May. As the BDC
Common Stocks sector is down in price terms by -6.9% on
the year, the Fund is holding its own in a di!cult market.
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Still, we trail all the other indices in 2014, with the S&P 500
with the greatest lead at +4.97%. However the Dow Jones
and the Hedge Fund index are only eking out a small gain
on the year at +0.85% and +1.71% respectively.
From Inception-now 56 months-the Fund is up +40.36%.
We are ahead of the Hedge Fund Index of our peers, up
+30.03%, but trail the two stock market indices. The S&P
500 is up just over +100%, a remarkable amount. The Dow
Jones is up +72.13%.
POST 2012 PERFORMANCE
Since January 1, 2012, when the Fund shifted its
investment strategy to mitigate downside risk-a period or
29 months-we are up +35.37%, well ahead of the HFRI at
+24.84%, and very close to the Dow Jones at +36.83%.
However, the S&P 500 continues to be the run away best
performer in this shorter period too at +61.2%.




INDUSTRY SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Given that we are writing this Newsletter late, we will spare
you too much of the sectoral blow-by-blow for May.
Instead, here are a few brush strokes for anyone interested
in keeping up on the evolving story:


Month
BDC
Fund II
HFRI S&P 500 Dow Jones
Jan 2012
to Date
35.37% 24.84% 61.20% 36.83%
Month BDC II
WF BDC
Index
BarCap
CHY
S&P/LSTA
May 2014 0.33% 0.27% 0.92% 0.76%



Lower Volatility Sector Performance
Our lower volatility-lower return sectors performed well in
May-with one exception. High Yield investments were up
for the 5th month in a row, confounding everyone who
expected an increase in long-term interest rates and a drop
in prices. Likewise, Floating Rate Loans was also a
positive contributor on the month, after stumbling slightly
in March and April, and the sector only ever so slightly
down on the year.
BDC Debt, though, was negative for the rst time all year.
However, that was almost all due to the price action in one
investment, which we had purchased at a premium to par
(and has given investors a very steady 7.0% return for the
past three years), that was redeemed early at par in May.
That resulted in a one-time loss, although over the lifetime
of the investment we have made a very good return for
what is an investment grade risk. Still, YTD, the BDC Debt
sector remains the Funds top performer, contributing a
remarkable 50% of gross earnings, but representing only a
fth of total assets.
Higher Volatility Sectors Performance
As we mentioned up top, the BDC Common Stock sector-
the bread and butter of the Fund and typically our biggest
exposure-has been in Correction Mode (when prices
drop more than 10% from high to low in a period) since
February 24. With the benet of hindsight, this surprising
pull-back appears to be technical in nature, and related to
the decision by a major stock market index sponsor to
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market conditions changed.
In the past, a double digit correction in stock prices (the
Asset Managers were actually in Bear Market territory-down
over 20% at one point) would have resulted in the Fund being
down by 25%-30%. We are actually up in gross return terms
(2.1% YTD), and only negative (-0.13%) when fees are
included.
Thats a testament to our sector diversication policy. As our
eggs were not all in the High volatility-High Return basket, we
beneted from the positive performance of the High Yield,
Floating Rate Loan and BDC Debt sectors. Also, we sold
down our exposure to the BDC Common Stock and Asset
Manager sectors as price conditions worsened, reducing
exposure and creating liquidity with which to invest when and
if a rebound should occur. At one point, we cut our riskier
investments by nearly two-thirds. That temporarily reduced
dividend income (mostly in April and May), but kept portfolio
losses in check. Every investment manager wants to maximize
capital preservation, and we were able to do so in spades.
We kept the Funds total drawdown at -5.7% (March and April)
of equity despite very poor market conditions. For a triple
leveraged Fund thats a very respectable number.
Now the challenge is to have the courage to re-invest all that
capital taken o$ the table in the high volatility sectors during
March-May to take advantage of any rebound in BDC
Common Stocks and Asset Managers. We began to-reinvest
in the last week of May, and boosted our exposure to High
Volatility investments to 125% of equity at month end. Our
next Newsletter will tell how that worked out in June
drop inclusion of BDCs in May. As a reported 8% of all
BDC stock is owned by the Exchange Traded Funds that
track the said index, the result was that institutional
investors immediately began selling o$ their BDC positions
in anticipation of the May change. As they say, markets
always anticipate.
Ironically, with the BDC sector down 11% on May 15th, as
the actual dropping of the sector from the ETFs began,
prices began to rise. On the month, the BDC sector was
slightly up, as reected in our results. BDC Common Stocks
(including stocks shorted) were up 0.81% according to
Partner Admins Attribution Report (which counts both
dividends received and price changes). That followed two
down months. Most remarkably and notwithstanding the
down BDC market (equal to 40% of the price reduction
experienced during the Euro-crisis), the Funds BDC
Common Stock investments are up on the year, with a
return equal to 0.65% of shareholder equity (before
management fees).
Ruining the party in May was the performance of the
Private Equity Asset Manager sector, which had been a
big source of gains in 2013 and the rst two months of
2014. The segment was down modestly in May, for a third
month in a row. Losses were mitigated by our limited
exposure (we cut back our investments by 50% or more)
and a turnaround in stock prices that began late in May.
CONCLUSION
We know it sounds perverse to be upbeat when the Fund is
trailing all the other indices in 2014, and our results are
essentially at over 5 months. Nonetheless, we are pleased
with our performance. Weve managed to withstand major
pull-backs in the BDC Common Stock sector and Private
Equity Asset Managers, the two components of our higher
volatility-higher return portfolios. These investments
represented more than half our total investments before
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